Communist Party mouthpiece Xinhua is following Japanese porn stars on Twitter

So People's Daily is on Facebook, first lady Peng Liyuan is on Instagram, and yes, Communist Party mouthpiece Xinhua is on Twitter. 

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The very fact that these accounts exist on web sites banned within China - that government officials and agencies openly operate on the same platforms they've deemed too dangerous to trust their subjects on - is weird.

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But it gets weirder. Netizens realized today that Xinhua's Twitter has some very off-color interests, chief amongst which is a penchant for porno - and Japanese porn at that.

Ever since the Chinese government started hunting down Japanese porn stars on home-grown Weibo, however, keeping up with them on Twitter might be the only avenue left for them to pursue their passion. So fair enough. 

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Well, you know what they say: keep your friends close and your enemies very, very, very close indeed. 

[Images via Time, Coconuts]